Increased prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing among professional football players [7]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-368

  George, Charles F P ^a   Kab, Vyto ^b   Levy, Allan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b SleepTech Consulting Group   (United States)

^c NEW YORK GIANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; FOOTBALL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037461598     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200301233480422     Document Type: Letter

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